Effect of die design and wall slip on die drool phenomenon for metallocene based LLDPE: Theoretical and experimental investigation

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2379-2383

  Zatloukal, M ^a   Chaloupkova, K ^a  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Die drool; FEM modeling; Negative pressure

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PLASTICS EXTRUDERS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DIE DROOL; DIE EXIT REGION; PRESSURE PROFILE;

EXTRUSION DIES;

EID: 34648832071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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